Basketball Coach Candidate: Mark Schmidt is a BC alum with experience

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports Coach Mark Schmidt of St. Bonaventure University is one of the names that has come up in the discussion for Boston College’s next men’s basketball head coaching hire. As a mid-major head coach for the last 2 decades and a BC alum, he would bring a much needed experienced and steady hand as Boston College looks to rebuild their program from where Steve Donahue and Jim Christian left us.

Mark Schmidt has been the head coach of the St. Bonaventure Bonnies since 2007, posting a 238-183 record (.563) overall and a 123-105 record (.539) in the Atlantic-10 conference. Schmidt has taken the Bonnies to the NCAA tournament twice during his tenure, a second-round exit in…